<p>Congrats!! That is awesome!! Although that genre scares the beejeezus outta me, it’s a fantastic accomplishment</p>
<p>tsdad -</p>
<p>Must be your karma from all those “pictures?” posts that were LOL back in the day.</p>
<p>Congratulations. Love love love his glasses.</p>
<p>Alumother</p>
<p>Ah! You remembered those “pictures” responses. Some of you all were presenting very vivid images of how you dressed and looked back then. I just wanted to see some pictures especially in the mini-skirts.</p>
<p>Son came in to Madison from LA last night with a wallet full of business cards from the festival. He will be following up when he gets back. We went to the Great Dane Pub for some locally brewed refreshments. He found the bar food cheaper than LA and the beer about the same price. He was struck by the state capitol building, which is one of the many across the country modeled after the US Capitol in DC where he grew up.</p>
<p>Congratulations. I would’ve loved to hear him deliver the “They think I can write” line. Good luck to him in whatever his next steps are!</p>
<p>I missed this thread when it was posted, but I have to send my congratulations as well. That’s fantastic!
tsdad’s son and I actually graduated from the same (very small) school, four years apart. If I remember correctly, I saw him perform in the high school musical when I was in seventh grade. :D</p>
<p>The screenplay that won the award was optioned to a small production company for $2,500. Half to each of the writers, and ten percent of that will go to their attorney. The company has it for six months. If it’s produced, and they don’t have any backers yet, my son and his co-writer will be paid 10% of the film’s budget. Some of that will go to their attorney.</p>
<p>It ain’t much, but it’s a start.</p>
<p>Definitely! He must be so excited.</p>
<p>It’s great. It shows that a small company was willing to invest resources that they must consider carefully, in order to hang onto his script for 6 months and invest more resources to find backing. THAt means they saw artistic and commercial merit in the script. It’s a huge salute to your S’s and partner’s talents.</p>
<p>Best wishes and keep us posted. I love hearing parents do the happy dance.</p>
<p>Hey, tsdad! How exciting! Keep us up to date on the progress!!!</p>
<p>To provide an update and because I still am interested in bragging.</p>
<p>My son and his co-writer signed an option last Friday (they have an attorney) with [Wormser</a> Productions](<a href=“http://www.wormserproductions.com/]Wormser”>http://www.wormserproductions.com/) to produce the script, The Palace, which won the award at LA Screamfest 2007. Be aware there is a music video that comes up on the site that some may not find to their taste although it is safe for work. Others may find it cute. The money man is coming into town on June 6th so we will know more about budgets, and when, and if, production will actually get started.</p>
<p>The have re-written the script based on readers’ advice to change the men who die from US soldiers to contractors. Apparently no one wanted to see soldiers die, but no one cares about contractors. </p>
<p>In other good news, my son has a job, after several missteps, as an assistant with a production company doing primarily office work. This is job track typical of many recent film school graduates.</p>
<p>Note that the information in the December 11, 2007, contribution turned out not to be correct. Alas, they will not be getting 10% of the budget. We could only wish.</p>
<p>Hey, tsdad, thanks for this update. Congrats again to your son. It’s always nice to see the follow-up, good or bad. Three cheers for the “money man” and let’s all think pleasant thoughts about him/her. ;)</p>
<p>Congratulations! Thanks for the update.</p>
<p>Well hot dog! That’s just great news TSDad. Brag away. I love to hear good news!</p>
<p>Congrats tsdad. I am so glad.</p>
<p>Congrats! That’s cool…parental transmission encouraged.</p>
<p>yes yes yes yes yes!!</p>
<p>Bragging after the contract ink is signed…priceless!!! </p>
<p>Kudos to your talented son and the wise ones who recognized the script’s potential. </p>
<p>The office job in production sounds spot-on. So much to learn. Networks, too.</p>
<p>There Will Be Popcorn.</p>
<p>Count my vote in with the congrats, too. I like hearing about the successes, especially in so competitive an industry.</p>
<p>Tsdad – This is beyond wonderful! Huge congrats to your S! An option and a job in production five minutes out of film school – Whoa!</p>
<p>WOW!</p>
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<p>Since my S is a soon-to-be film student, I’m tempted to ask what the starting pay is for the production company job, but I decided I don’t want to know. :-)</p>
<p>In any case, good for your S on his screenplay!!</p>